When the whole world was quiet in the darkness, one girl, about 16 years old, fell down into the place of unknown. When the girl stood up, she had a strange sensation in her body. She stopped groaning in pain and looked the area around her. She was in a old-fashioned house (appeared to be 1900s) where many people moved around in and out silently. The place she was in was all blurry (even the people and her body), and no definite shape existed. Everything took a form of non-newtonic fluid and was constantly waving. The girl was shocked with wonder and terror. The girl asked the woman walking beside her "where is this place?" but the woman didn't reply. She tried to catch her but the girl's hands couldn't catch the woman firmly. The woman seemed to be caught but soon got free of the girl's hand. More the girl concentrated, the world got more blurry and blurry.
After few minutes, the girl grew tired of catching and asking people, so she tried to get out of the house. She followed people's steps and finally saw the wooden door of the house. People were actually passing through the door! The girl couldn't believe what she was looking at. She tried to pass the door like the other people, but she couldn't. She tried again and again but she failed and failed. Finally, she got exhausted and gave up. She leaned on the door of the house. Then she passed through the door subconsciously! The girl was so happy and got out of that house.
Suddenly two men walked towards her. She couldn't describe why she was terribly afraid of those two men. But she could tell that if the other people were the mixture of chaos and light, the two men were just a pure dark, chaos. She started to away from those two men.
Finally she reached the bridge which was very high. It was sunset so the sky was filled with red light. But the presence of the two men terrified the girl so much that she didn't even notice the light around her. Finally two men came near her very close. The girl thought of jumping off to the river but she didn't have enough courage. All she could do was to scream.
Then the girl found herself in her bed screaming.
After this dream, the girl's view of the world changed. She stopped complaining about the world and herself.
There was no one to feel, no one to love, and no one to communicate in that world for her. The joy was taken over by horror and the fear eradicated every bit of her courage. But now, she could be happy. She could express herself and communicate with the others.
The girl just loved being herself.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Welcome to Writing 1! Answer the questions (in at least 6 complete sentences): What characteristics describe “good” writing? What is the process of writing?
Question: What is the process of writing?
I will tell you about the process of writing first.
First, the writer has to think about what he's going to write. If a captain of the ship does not know which direction he would go, then he can't be a good captain. And so do as in writing.
Then, the writer has to write a draft. This is an important step because this is the first time you are transfering your thougts to a writing.
Next, the writer has to edit his work(draft). This includes reorganizing the parts, changing vocabularies, correcting spellings, Why can't him just hand out your writing without editing it? Hmm... let him try it. And if he writes a good 200pg story without any mistakes or without any part to organize on the first time, then I'll give him one million won. What I'm trying to say is that no writer writes perfectly on the first time. But writings can be better if you edit it.
Finally, you publish/finish your writing. This is a time to show your work to the world.
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Question: What characteristics describe “good” writing?
There are many kinds of writings and many kinds of people with different interest in the world. So some people will think some writings are good but others won't. Still, I believe that there are some identical characteristics among the good writings and will suggest some of those characteristics.
First, I think a good writing has to have a deep meaning which people can agree with or which makes people to think. If there's no meaning in a writing, people will feel emptiness after reading it.
Second, I think a good writing has to have a realistic frame (at least in the story/unchanging) so that people can imagine in the story without getting confused.
Third, I think a good writing must have a unity among its parts. This is bit similar to the second characteristic but it’s broader. This includes unity among its plots, frame and theme. If a writing has many parts which contradict each other and if it's all mixed, then the reader would get confused and will never think "this is a good writing."
Fourth, I think a good writing must give people enjoyment. This doesn't just include usual enjoyment we get from imagining in the book but also includes enjoyment we get by our intellectual or spiritual fullness. As an example, we can also get enjoyment by thinking about the problem (which comes out in writing) deeply. And when we finally interpret it in our own ways and satisfy with it, we get another kind of enjoyment (this sometimes happens even if we can't find the conclusion).
Finally, I think a good writing must be clear. This includes choosing a right vocabulary in a right situation, making no (maybe fatal) grammatical errors which makes the writing incomprehensible, analyzing them in a right order, and expressing sentences’ meanings clearly.
I will tell you about the process of writing first.
First, the writer has to think about what he's going to write. If a captain of the ship does not know which direction he would go, then he can't be a good captain. And so do as in writing.
Then, the writer has to write a draft. This is an important step because this is the first time you are transfering your thougts to a writing.
Next, the writer has to edit his work(draft). This includes reorganizing the parts, changing vocabularies, correcting spellings, Why can't him just hand out your writing without editing it? Hmm... let him try it. And if he writes a good 200pg story without any mistakes or without any part to organize on the first time, then I'll give him one million won. What I'm trying to say is that no writer writes perfectly on the first time. But writings can be better if you edit it.
Finally, you publish/finish your writing. This is a time to show your work to the world.
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Question: What characteristics describe “good” writing?
There are many kinds of writings and many kinds of people with different interest in the world. So some people will think some writings are good but others won't. Still, I believe that there are some identical characteristics among the good writings and will suggest some of those characteristics.
First, I think a good writing has to have a deep meaning which people can agree with or which makes people to think. If there's no meaning in a writing, people will feel emptiness after reading it.
Second, I think a good writing has to have a realistic frame (at least in the story/unchanging) so that people can imagine in the story without getting confused.
Third, I think a good writing must have a unity among its parts. This is bit similar to the second characteristic but it’s broader. This includes unity among its plots, frame and theme. If a writing has many parts which contradict each other and if it's all mixed, then the reader would get confused and will never think "this is a good writing."
Fourth, I think a good writing must give people enjoyment. This doesn't just include usual enjoyment we get from imagining in the book but also includes enjoyment we get by our intellectual or spiritual fullness. As an example, we can also get enjoyment by thinking about the problem (which comes out in writing) deeply. And when we finally interpret it in our own ways and satisfy with it, we get another kind of enjoyment (this sometimes happens even if we can't find the conclusion).
Finally, I think a good writing must be clear. This includes choosing a right vocabulary in a right situation, making no (maybe fatal) grammatical errors which makes the writing incomprehensible, analyzing them in a right order, and expressing sentences’ meanings clearly.
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